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A GUIDE TO OBJECTS OF INTEREST 



IN AND AROUND THE 

GREAT METROPOLIS. 

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ILLUSTRATED WITH 

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PREFACE. 



The Citt of New York is the great commercial emporium of the 
United States, and is fast becoming the intellectual and mercantile 
focus of the civilized world. Already its directing and controlling 
influence, in nearly every department of life, is felt in every portion 
of our land, and, in no slight degree, in all other countries. What 
New York is saying and doing is not only known everywhere, hut, as 
if by magic, it is repeated and copied in every village of the republic. 

But where are the Lions — the objects of interest and attraction 
— -the places of Amusement; the works of Art; the Public Build- 
ings,' the Charitable Institutions,' and whatever tends to illustrate 
the character, spirit, and enterprise of the people of this great and 
growing city I This is the natural inquiry of tens of thousands who 
visit New York, from year to year, from every quarter of the world. 
For the benefit of this numerous class, we have prepared this little 
worfe, at no small expense and trouble. We have aimed to gxrard 
strangers who come here against the various impositions they are 
liable to have practised or tried upon them, and to point out to them 
the various localities of interest in the city and vicinity, with the 
best manner of reaching those places. 

We have aimed to make it all that a stranger should desire, It 
will be found very full, though brief; which will make it not only a 
decided convenience, while in the city, but a source of entertainment 
and instruction at home. A more acceptable present can hardly be 
made to a friend residing in the country — looking it over at his 
leisure, he will become familiar with the Lions of the city, and be 
prepared to visit them at his convenience with the least loss of time 
and the largest measure of instruction and prolit. 



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Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853, 

By PHELPS, FANNING, & CO., 

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the 

Southern District of New York. 







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CONTENTS. 



American Institute pace 

Amusements and Places of Interest ... 

Aims House 

American Bible House 

Associate Presbyterian Churches 

Do. Reformed ' do. do 

"Astor Library 

Baptist Churches 

Battery 

Bloomingdale Insane Asylum 

Bloomingdale Square 

Bowling Green 

Carriages and Fares 

Cartmen 

Castle Garden 

Charitable Institutions of New York .. 

Churches 

City-Hall 

City-Hall Park 

Crystal Palace 

Colored Home 

Do. Orphan Asylum 

Columbia College 

Congregational Churches 

Cooper Institute 

Court of Sessions Building 

Croton Aqueduct 

Croton Reservoir 

Customhouse 

Deaf and Dumb Asylum 

Dispensaries 

Dutch Reformed Churches 

Episcopal Theological Seminary 

Ferries 

Free Academy 

Friends' Meeting Houses 

Explanations and Remarks 

Gamblers 

Grammercy Park 

Halls of Justice (City Prison) 

Hamilton Square 

Hall of Records 

High B ridj^e 

Home for the Friendless 

House of Refuge 

Industrial Temperance Union 

Insiitution for the Blind 

Jewish Synagogues 

Latting Observatory 

Leake and Watts Orphan House 

Lutheran Churches 



Markets page 

Manhattan Square 

Madison Square , 

Marine Hospital 

Mechanics' and Traders' Society 

Merchants' Exchange . .,. 

Methodist Episcopal Churches 

Miscellaneous Churches 

Miscellaneous Information 

Mock Auctions 

Mount Morris Square 

New City Hall 

New York Orphan Asylum 

New York College of Physicians and 

Surgeons 

New York Medical College 

New York Society Library 

New York Historical Society 

New York Mercantile Library Assoc. . 

New York Hospital 

New Jerusalem Church 

Parks 

Postoffice . . . 

Pocketbook Droppers 

Presbyterian Churches 

Protestant Episcopal Churches 

Protestant Methodist Churches 

Primitive Christian Churches 

Public Porters 

Rail Road Depots 

Reformed Presbyterian Churches 

Roman Catholic Churches 

Rotunda 

Rutgers Female Institute 

Sailor's Home 

Sailor's Snug Harbor 

Seamen's Retreat 

Societies 

Street- Walkers 

Stuyvesant Square 

St. John's Park 

Tompkins Square -. 

Trinily Church 

Union Square 

University of the City of New York. . . 

University Medical College 

Union Theological Seminary 

Uniturian Churches 

Universalist Churches 

Washington Square 

Wesleyan Methodist Churches 



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ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Plan of New York 

Map of Environs of New York 

Map of Hudson River 

Bloomingdale Insane Asylum ...page 28 

Ciiy-Hall 18 

Cooper Institute v . . 30 

Crystal Palace , 9 

Customhouse 15 



Deaf and Dumb Asylum page 25 

Halls of Justice (The Tombs) 20 

High Bridge 47 

Institution for the Blind 26 

Latting Observatory 12 

Merchants' Exchange 13 

New York Orphan Asylum 23 

Trinity Church 16 



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AMUSEMENTS AND PLACES OF INTEREST. 



The limits of this work render it impossible to give the location or describe the 
multitudes of " tights" that abound in and around this metropolis. As it regards the 
places of amusement that are not mentioned in this book, there are other reasons 
than want of room why they are not inserted. The first is, there are some places 
where the morals of strangers or citizens will not be particularly improved by vis- 
iting, to say nothing of the bodily danger one incurs, especially in the evening and 
unattended. But another cause exists that renders it certain that the public will 
be misled, viz , that many of the exhibitions are constantly changing their loca- 
tion, and an edition of the book would be needed weekly to make it a reliable 
guide. In this city there are numbers of galleries of paintings, panoramas, &c, 
•of deserved interest, where the visiter will be richly rewarded for his time and 
money. The flaming show-bills that adorn the fences and lampposts, as well as the 
daly paper?, will readily guide the inquirer to places where he can spend his three 
cents or one dollar, as often as he pleases, until he find* that "this is a great coun- 
try," where he occasionally may be " taken in." 

REMARKS. 

Hotels are numerous and easily found where the price of board varies from 
seven to sixteen dollars per week, according to the celebrity of the house, and ac- 
commodat on required. 

Eating-Houses. — If one starves in New York, it will not be because provision 
has nut been made for supplying his wants. In these houses, one can obtain al- 
most any article of food at a moment's notice. The charges are from six cents 
upward. In some of these houses good lodging-rooms can be had for two dollars 
per week. At some of the cheap (often dear) lodging-houses where gilt or illumi- 
nated signs, " Lodgings, 12J cents," are conspicuous, a person might not be safer 
than in "the Astor House. A little caution here may not be amiss. 

Omnibuses. — There are hundreds of these carriages running constantly to almost 
every part of the city south of Fiftieth street, with the principal streets through 
which they pass distinctly marked upon thetn. Fare 6$ cents. 

City Railroads. — Cars run from the City-Hall through Third and Fourth 
avenues; from Peck Slip, East River, through First and Second avenues ; and from 
Chambers street, one block west of the City-Hall, through Sixth and Eighth aven- 
ues ; fare 5 cents in all, with the exception of the Fourth avenue, which is 6 cents. 

Pickpockets are found among crowds around the doors of places of amusement' 
in railroad cars, and omnibuses, who are very expert at their calling, and appear 
like gentlemen. Occasionally one of them will be found in an omnibus or railroad 
car, with his hand thrust into his overcoat pocket, which happens to be minus of a 
bottom ; and *oon the unruly hand finds its way into a gentleman's, and often into 
a lady's pocket, cautiously transferring the " deposits" to his own, when he imme- 
diately has an occasion to take some other route. Large sums of money ought to 
be deposited in a bank or with some tried friend, or effectually concealed about the 
person, and always avoid showing your money amoug strangers. 

Carriages and Porters (see page 48). — It is well always to make a contract 
(specifying how much luggage there Is to carry) for the services to be rendered, 
with the one that accompanies the carriage. To prevent dispute, never employ a 
carriage or porter that has not his number well displayed. If boys are employed 
to carry luggage it is well to accompany them. 

Brass Watches (represented as gold) are often offered in the streets to strangers, 
by men who must be off in the " boat," or " railroad," and must part with their 
good timepiece at half it* value. If the trick succeeds, the purchaser will soon 
ascertain that •« all is not gold that glitters." 



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CAUTION TO STRANGERS. 



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New York, like other great cities, is full of unprincipled persons who live by 
preying on the ignorant and simple. The detected or suspected scoundrels of the 
Old World fly here for refuge, and to renew with comparative impunity the crimes 
and frauds which they no longer dare commit in their native lands. So with the 
exposed rogues of all parts of our own country. Some of these are continually 
shifting their locations from Boston to New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Charles- 
ton, New Orleans, and California, but the natural headquarters of the most adroit 
and dangerous among them are in New York. Hence the necessity that each 
stranger coming to this city should especially 

BEWARE OF GAMBLERS! 

You will often meet at hotels, at the Crystal Palace, or in your walks about the 
city, well-dressed, plausible, affable persons who will endeavor to scrape acquaint- 
ance by directing you on your way, or calling your attention to some remarkable 
object, or offering to accompany you to the Battery, the parks, the docks, or the 
Palace. Never go on any such expedition with any stranger whatever. These 
volunteer guides are uniformly villains seeking to plunder you, and often the 
decoys of more finished and desperate scoundrels than themselves. After wander- 
ing a while, they will probably invite you to drink at some grog-shop or other, 
where the liquor (bad at best) will be drugged so as to stupify or render you un- 
conscious while your pockets are being rifled. Or perhaps your new friend will 
fall in with some crony (whom he -will pretend not to know) who will propose a 
bet of some kind and want you to hold the stakes, or will contrive some pretext to 
get you into a blind alley or lonely spot where you can be dealt with as the con- 
federates may choose. Whoever proposes such a bet, or takes out a pack of cards 
to show some trick or other, is inevitably a swindler, and you can not be too nim- 
ble in getting out of his company, and into the most public street. 

If any one asks you to go with him to witness "sport" — that is, gambling — you 
will know he is a thief. Gambling, as practised here, is simply stealing — there is 
no chance about it. Marked cards, loaded dice, fraudulent faro-boxes, and the 
like, all contrived expressly that the dealer or banker may win whenever he 
chooses, are the stock in trade of the swindlers who call themselves " sportsmen." 
They may occupy splendid rooms, give superb suppers, wear fine clothes, and dis- 
play flashy watches and jewelry, and drive fast horses, being accompanied by 
faster women ; but all this luxury and splendor is supported at the expense of just 
such donkeys as you would prove yourself by being lured into their dens or hav- 
ing anything to do with them. Hundreds have been persuaded to visit some gam- 
ing-house, "just to see life," with a firm resolve never to play for a cent; and 
have there been plied with game suppers, and champagne, until they felt ashamed 
to go away without risking something " for the good of the house" (this is the pre- 
text, while the true reason is often an appetite for unearned gold which the sight 
of the gaming-tables has awakened), and have thus formed associations and habits, 
and stimulated passions, which soon stripped them of property, integrity, sobriety, 
and self-respect, and left them no resource but to prowl about the purlieus of some 
city as gamblers' decoys, luring youngsters as ignorant and weak-principled as 
they once were, into the vortex of destruction as sweeping as their own. As you 
value health, reputation, peace of mind, the respect of those who know you, and 
the hope of usefulness on earth and happiness in heaven, never be drawn into 
association with gamblers, even for an hour. Earth has no parallel for their vil- 
lany, and Ruin no other agents so swiftly arid certainly effectual. 

STREET-WALKERS. 

Of course, you know better than to be tempted and led astray by her of whom 
Solomon long since warned you that "her house is the way to hell, leading down 
to the chambers of death." As Woman in her native innocence and purity is the 
holiest and most celestial of earthly creatures, so is she in her degradation and 
ruin the most deceitful and diabolic. Such fallen angels abound in all great cities, 



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especially in this one — driven hither by the loss of reputation elsewhere, to pursue 
unnoticed and unchecked a career of guilt and shame, leading swiftly to their own 
complete physical as well as moral ruin, with that of many of their miserable par- 
amours. You can not need to be admonished to avoid and repel such creatures 
wherever they are known ; but you may sometimes be addressed by some appa- 
rently artless and innocent giri, who pretends to be a stranger in distress, without 
a home, her friends all dead, &<•,., <fcc, who entreats you to tell her where she may 
obtain at least a night's shelter. Such are among the wiles of the corrupt and crafty 
— beware of and avoid them 1 

MOCK AUCTIONS. 

You must have read accounts enough of strangers in the city who have stepped 
into an auction-store on hearing the auctioneer's cry of •' Going, going ! a fine gold 
watch, patent lever, full jewelled, just agoing for ten dollars !" and bid on this or 
some other article which appeared to be selling amazingly cheap, but on attempt- 
ing to settle and take away the property, the buyer was told " There was a mis- 
take," and had a bill presented to him for ten times as much as he ever agreed to 
pay. If he bought a dozen rings for a dollar, he had a bill presented for " twelve 
rings tit $1 each," or something of the sort. Repeated exposures of these robberies 
have been f i equently made, hut apparently to little purpose, the fools being not 
all dead yet, and the survivors determined to die as brainless as they have lived. 
It seems to do no good to reiterate,' 1 Keep out of these auction-shops, every man 
of you !" for every greenhorn considers himself a little wiser than every other, 
and the greener he really is, the greater his confidence in his own sagacity and 
.acuteness. For the benefit of those who will try the auction game in spice of all 
remonstrances, we proffer a few simple cautions, as follows : — 

1. Never bid on any article until you have closely examined it, and are fully 
satisfied that it is what it pretends to he. 

2. Never bid without expressly asking, " Is this a bid for the whole lot ? or so 
much for each piece offered? or how is it I" — and be sure to await an explicit an- 
swer. 

3. Never show a farthing of your money till your bill is made out according to 
agreement, and seen to be entirely correct. 

4. Never give more money than you owe, expecting change to be made to you ; 
but step into a broker's and change your money so as to tender exactly what is 
due, taking your goods and receipted bill in hand before you pay over the money. 

5. If you find yourself cheated, after all. and your gold watch a very brazen 
counterfeit, you may as well pocket the swindle, charge it to profit and loss, and 
consider that you have just taken another quarter's schooling and paid for it. 

POCKETBOOK DROPPERS. 

A vert transparent game of swindling is often practised or tried upon country- 
men just arrived in the city, after this fashion : Greeny has just landed from aboat» 
perhaps in the grey of the morning, when Dropper No. 1 runs stumbling against 
him and picks up a pot-bellied wallet or pocketbook just at his feet, said book ap- 
pearing to be burst open by the plethora of its contents, and displaying "$500," 
"$100," "$50," &c, on the ends of sundry bills thus protruded. Dropper No. 2 
now runs up to Greeny and says, " You have dropped your pocketbook 1" — " No," 
replies Greeny, "here it is, all safe." — " Well, that fellow now running off picked 
one up just before your feet. I saw him. It is not his, anyhow; let us follow 
him and make him give it up." So said, so done ; for the fellow is easily over- 
taken. Probably he first denies having found any pocketbook, but he is faced 
down in this, and at last says, " Well, I am very poor and have nothing to eat; 
give me $10, $15, or $-20 [as he thinks the case will bear it], and take it." So 
Greeny forks over and takes the treasure — to restore to the true owner, of course — 

nd both droppers having suddenly vanished, he finds himself the undisturbed 
possessor of a shabby, flimsy wallet, very dear at a shilling, and a roll of unsigned, 
unfilled, condemned notes, intended to be filled up and rendered banknotes, or 
perhaps merely tailor's or candy-maker's cards, made to resemble bank bills. The 
whole concern is as blank as anything in the world but Greeny's visage when the 
t uth fla a hes upon him that he has tried to be something of a rogue, and only suc- 
ceeded in finding himself a most unmistakable ninny. This game is played with 
variations, lu f the abore description will suffice to teach any man, who can read, 
to beware of all pocketbook droppers. 



THE CRYSTAL PALACE. 




THE CRYSTAL PALACE. 

The conception of the World's Fair, in 1851, in London, was the 
dawn of a new era throughout the world. The influence of the 
enterprise, completed and carried out, as it was, in the most perfect 
manner, can never be lost, but will increase with the generations, 
aiding most effectually in working out the great problems of human 
destiny. It was a grand exhibition of what the world, enjoying 
peace, can do, and is by far the best argument ever made in favor 
of universal peace and the brotherhood of the raee. ^ If royalty 
never does a worse thing for the world, than to superintend such 
a work, let it live and die respected. 

The success of the fair, suggested the expediency of similar enter- 
prises in other parts of the world. Soon after the close of that ex- 
hibition, steps were taken, by the citizens of this eountry who were 
in London, for a Crystal palace here in 1853. After mature delib- 
eration, it was decided to be located in the city of New York, 
where, on application to the municipal authorities of the city, Reser- 
voir square was leased for this purpose, for five years, provided it 
should be made of iron and glass, and that no single entrance-fee 
6hould exceed fifty cents. 

The plan for the palace was designed by Geo. J. B. Carstensen, 
and Chas. Gildmeister. The general idea of the edifice is a Greek 
cross, surmounted by a dome at the intersection. Each diameter of 
the cross is 365 feet 5 inehes long. There are three similar entrances ; 
on the Sixth avenue, one on Fortieth street, and one on Forty -second 
street Each entrance is 47 feet wide, and that on the Sixth avenue 
will be approached by a flight of eight steps; over each front is a 
large semi-eircular fan-light, 41 feet wide and 21 feet high, answer- 
ing to the arch of the nave. Each arm of the cross is on the ground 
plan 149 feet broad. This is divided into a central nave and two 
aisles, one on each side; the nave 41 feet wide, each aisle 54 feet 
wide. The central portion or nave is carried up to the height of 67 
feet, and the semi-eircular arch by which it is spanned is 41 feet 
broad. There are thus in effect two arched naves crossing each 
other at right angles, 41 feet broad, 67 feet high to the crown of the 
arch, and 365 feet long; and on each side of these naves is an aisle 



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54 feet broad, and 45 feet high. The exterior of the ridgeway of 
the nave is 71 feet. Eaeh ai&le is covered by a gallery of its own 
■width, and 24 feet from the floor. The central dome is 100 feet in 
diameter, 68 feet inside from the floor to the spring of the arch, and 
118 feet to the crown; and on the outside, with the lantern, 149 
feet. The exterior angles of the building are ingeniously filled up 
with a triangular lean-to 24 feet high, which gives the ground plan 
an octagonal shape, each side or face being 149 feet wide. At each 
angle is an octagonal tower 8 feet in diameter, and 65 feet high. 
Four large, and eight winding staircases connect the principal floor 
with the gallery, which opens on the three balconies that are situ* 
ated over the entrance-halls, and afford ample space for flower dec- 
orations, statues, vases, &q. The four principal staircases consist of 
two flights of steps with two landing-places to each ; the eight 
winding staircases are placed in the oetagonal towers, which lead 
also to small balconies on the tops of the towers and to the roof of 
the building. The building contains on the ground floor 111,000 
square feet of space, and in its galleries, which are 54 feet wide, 
62,000 square feet more, making a total area of 173,000 square feet 
for the purposes of exhibition. There are thus on the ground floor 
-two acres and a half, or exactly two acres and 52-100; in the gal- 
leries one acre and 44-100; total within an inconsiderable fraction, 
four acres. There are on the ground floor 190 octagonal east-iron 
columns 21 feet above the floor, and eight inches diameter, cast hol- 
low, of different thicknesses, from half an inch to one inch. These 
columns receive the cast-iron girders. These are 26^ feet long 
and three feet high, and serve to sustain the galleries and the 
wrought-iron construction of the roof, as well as to brace the whole 
structure in every direction. The girders, as well as the second 
story columns, are fastened to the columns in the first story, by con- 
necting pieces of the same octagonal shape as the columns, three 
feet four inches high, having proper flanges and lugs to fasten all the 

Eieces together by bolts. The number of lower floor girders is 252, 
esides 12 wrought-iron girders of the same height, and 41 feet 
span over a part of the nave. The second story contains 148 col- 
umns, of the same shape as those below, and 17 feet 7 inches high. 
These receive another tier of girders, numbering 160, for the sup- 
port of the roofs of the aisles, each nave being covered by 16 cast- 
iron semi-circular arches, each composed of four pieces. The dome 
is supported by 24 columns, which go up above the second story to 
a height of 62 feet above the floor, and support a combination of 
wrought-iron arches and girders, on which rests a cast-iron bed- 
plate, so constructed as to receive the thirty-two ribs of the dome. 
The light is communicated to the dome through the lantern, as well 
as from the sides, on which 32 escutcheons, in colored glass, repre- 
senting the arms of the Union, and its several states, or the emblems 
of the different nations, form a part of the decorations. The 
quantity of iron used for the building amounts to about 1,250 
tons. The roof covers an area of 144,000 square feet. The glass 
for the building amounts to 89,000 square feet, in 9,027 panes, 
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eye is greeted by the vista 6f an arched nave, 41 feet wide, 67 feet 
high, and 365 feet long; while on approaching the centre, he 
finds himself under a dome 100 feet across, and 118 feet high. 
The aspect of the building is entirely different from that of the 
London Crystal Palace. Its form affords the requisite scope for a 
pleasing variety of architectural embellishment, by which all 
monotony is avoided, and allows a very economical use of the 
ground. The rising dome, independent of its effect in the interior 
arrangement of the edifice, gives height and majesty. The fol- 
lowing are the objects which the architects have striven to combine 
in their plan : 1. The greatest possible interior area; 2. Perfect safe- 
ty and elegance of construction ; 3. A well-calculated and pleasing 
admission of light; 4. A variety of coup d'ceil in the interior. 

The glass was made at Camptown, N. J., and enamelled by a new 
process which saves the necessity of covering it with cloth, as was 
done in the Crystal Palace in London. It has an effect similar to 
that produced by ground glass, being translucent but not transpa- 
rent, so that the sun's rays are diffused, and yield an agreeable 
light to those within the apartment enclosed, without being visible 
to those on the outside. 

The machinery department is in a building adjoining, but inde- 
pendent of the palace. The edifice for this purpose is between the 
palace and the Reservoir, with wings at each end. The main 
building is 400 feet long, by 24 feet wide, and 50 feet high. In this 
upper story is the gallery of paintings. The wings are each 100 
feet long by 27 feet wide, and one story high ; and, together with 
the first story of the main building, are filled with moving machin- 
ery — thus making a grand hall of machinery 600 feet in length. 



THE LATTING OBSERVATORY. 

This observatory is situated in Forty-third street, opposite the 
Crystal palace. It is 75 feet diameter at the base, running up 300 
feet to a point Visiters will ascend by a spiral stairway 275 feet, 
from which point is afforded one of the finest and most extensive 
views in the world. It is finished in elegant style 125 feet from the 
ground — each story occupied as a scientific museum, a picture-gallery, 
where the pictures of the best artists are kept for sale. A number 
of telescopes, of different powers, are stationed in different parts 
of the tower, affording visiters every facility for viewing the sur- 
rounding scenery and the starry heavens. An immense Drummond 
light is placed upon the extreme top of the observatory. The en- 
trance is from Forty-second street, through a spacious hall, on each 
side of which are twenty stands for the sale of every species of 
fancy goods. Connected with the establishment is a ladies' ordi- 
nary, fitted up for comfort and convenience without regard to ex- 
pense. The cost of this tower was $150,000. 

The view from the summit is enchanting. Facing the battery, to 
the right, are the Highlands, and the Palisades, from among which 
flows the Hudson, bearing on its bosom rich merchant fleets. The 



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flagstaff among the ruins of old Fort Washington, where 
three thousand patriots were made prisoners in 1776, 
may be discovered. Near the southern termination of 
the Palisades, is another staff, from which, at present, 
are attached the telegraphic wires that stretch across 
the river ; this marks the location of Fort Lee, which 
fell into the hands of the British soon after Fort Wash- 
ington was captured. There, too, is Weehawken, nes- 
tled among the hills, between which and the river, is a 
beautiful valley, where General Hamilton fell 
in a duel with Aaron Burr. Following the 
Jersey shore down the river, Ely sian fields r 
are everywhere visible, among which is dis- 
covered the growing village of Hoboken. _ g 

Jersey City next appears in this beautiful 
panorama, covering a peninsula, and stretch- 
ing back toward the Bergen hills. Beyond 
Jersey City we discover Newark, the largest 
city in New Jersey, whose white houses glit- 
tering in the morning sun, seem to recline like 
marble monuments upon the bosom of the hills. 

Sweeping round the bay, there is Staten 
Island, green and beautiful; New Brighton, 
Richmond, Tompkinsville, and the Quaran- 
tine. On these green hills of Staten Island, 
the British and Hessian troops first encamped 
after their long voyage. _ ; 

To the left, across a narrow channel, built on the ground from 
which our fathers watched the landing of hostile troops on our 
shores, and where they fought and fell in defence of liberty, is 
Brooklyn, the "city of churches." Beyond this beautiful city, we 
discover the hills of Greenwood cemetery, the city of the dead. 

Adjoining Brooklyn, on the northeast, is Williamsburg, spreading 
out in every direction upon a gentle slope from the water. Adjoin- 
ing this rapidly-growing city, along the shores of the East river, 
are the beautiful villages of Greenpoint, Ravenswood, and Astoria ; 
while beyond them are seen the spires of Newtown and Flushing, 
and the tower on Cypress hill, where is located the largest cemetery 
in America. Beyond this appears the broaa Atlantic, on whose 
bosom the whitened sails of our European packets, and the black 
hulls of our ocean steamers, may be seen while they are yet at the 
distance of 40 to 50 miles from Sandy Hook. The East river 
stretches away to the same direction, broken by Blackwell's island, 
with its prison and alms-house, following which we may discover 
Fort Schuyler upon Throg's Point, where the army of General Howe 
first touched our continent. 

Theae can be no more lovely scene than is exhibited in looking down upon the 
city. Broadway running through the centre of the city, lengthwise, a livine panor- 
ama ot modern and American enterprise ; the Fifth avenue, lined for miles with 
princely mansions ; the Bowery, and the various avenues cut at right angles by a 
hundred streets ; the Battery ; the Park ; and the numerous public squares tilled 
with trees and playing fountains ; and the spacious harbors filled with ships, afford 
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to 45 tons. Their entire cost was $55,000. The rotunda, which is 
the principal room, is in the centre of the building. Its diameter is 
80 feet, and its height the same. It is surmounted by a dome, in 
which there is a large skylight, rising from the centre, resting in part 
on 8 Corinthian fluted columns, of Italian marble, 41 feet high, and 
5 feet in diameter. 

There are a large number of rooms on each side of the rotunda, 
which are rented for offices, <fcc. The building is owned by a com- 
pany of capitalists, who, though they do not find it a very profitable 
investment, do find it a very great convenience to the commercial 
community. It is a fine ornament to that part of the city. 

It cost, including the ground, $1,500,000. Open free to visiters 
from 8 A- M. to 5 P. M. 



THE POSTOFFICE. 

The building occupied by the Postoffice belongs to the corporation 
of the Middle Dutch church, and was their place of worship from the 
close of the 17th century until 1844. It is the oldest church edifice 
now remaining in the city. A great part of the wood-work of the 
steeple, completely wrought, was brought from Holland ; the build- 
ing itself is of stone. During the Revolution, it was near the upper 
verge of the city, its location being upon Nassau, Cedar, and Liberty 
streets. When the British first took possession of the city in 1776, 
they used it as a barracks for the soldiers. It was afterward con- 
verted into an hospital ; and finally the pews were removed, and it 
was made a riding-school. In 1790, it was repaired, and again de- 
voted to the worship of God. In 1844, the general government 
leased it for seven years, for the purposes of a Postoffice ; and, in 
1851, a further lease was obtained for fourteen years, at $10,000 per 
annum. Having, in addition to its city business, that of a general 
distributing Postoffice, a great amount of labor is performed there, 
the number of clerks having increased from six to about ninety 
within thirty years. 

The hours for delivery are from 7| o'clock, A. M. till 6| P. M., be- 
tween the 1st of October and the 1st of April ; and from 7f A. M. till 
7 P.M., from the 1st of April to the 1st of October. It is opened for 
an hour in the morning, and again at noon, on Sundays. 



THE CUSTOMHOUSE. 

Tms building stands on the corner of Wall and Nassau streets, ex- 
tending through to Pine street. It occupies the ground where once 
stood the old Federal hall, in the open gallery of which General 
Washington was inaugurated the first president of the United States 
of North America. It is unsurpassed in the beauty of its design, and 
durability of its construction. The principal material is white mar- 
ble, from Massachusetts. Its style of architecture is purely Doric, in 
imitation of the Parthenon at Athens. The building is in the form of 
a parallelogram, 200 f«et long, and 90 wide; the height is 80 feet. < 



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Fronting on Wall street is a portico, with 8 Dorio columns, 32 feet 
high, and 5 feet 10 inches in diameter. This is reached by a flight 
of 18 granite steps. 

The rotunda, or principal hall for the transaction of business, is 60 
feet in diameter, and is lighted by a skylight from the top. The 
dome is supported by 16 Corinthian columns, adorned with caps of 
exquisite workmanship. The roof is of granite. The whole was 
eight years in building, at a cost of nearly $2,000,000. 

Visiters can have access from 10 A. M. to 3 P. M. 



THE LIONS OF NEW YORK. 

TRINITY CHURCH. 

This elegant structure is situated 
at the head of Wall street, and ap- 
" watch and ward" over the street mor- 
Mamtnon. The corporation is one of 
far the wealthiest of the kind in the 
riches consist principally of real estate 
York, now valued at several millions of 
place of worship in the city was a small 
the fortatBowling-Green, and known as 
When the English took possession of 
episcopal service was held there, and 



upon Broadway, 
propriately keeps 
als of. that court of 
the oldest, and by 
United States. Its 
in the city of New 
dollars. The first 
wooden buildingin 
the Dutch church, 
the city in 1664, 
it was called " the 




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king's chapel." This was the parent of the episcopal churches in 
America. The first edifice erected upon its present site was reared 
in 1696, during the reign of William and Mary. Queen Anne en- 
dowed it, and presented it with silver communion plate. The 
building was enlarged in 1735, and again in 173*7. In the great 
conflagration in 1776, it was destroyed, and was not rebuilt until 
after the war. The new edifice was completed in 1790. In 1839 it 
was demolished, and the present costly structure was commenced. 
It was completed in 1846. 

The material of which Trinity church is built is a handsome brown 
stone from New Jersey, The architect was Mr. Upjohn : the orna- 
mental stone work was wrought under the direction of the late Mr. 
Thorn, the Scotch sculptor, whose beautiful composition, " Old Mor- 



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THE HALL OF RECORDS THE CITY-HALL. 



taiity," graces the entrance to Laurel Hill cemetery, near Philadel- 
phia. The edifice is 192 feet in length, by 80 in width, with walls 
60 feet high. The style is Gothic, of the chastest character. The 
tower and spire, the most elaborate and costly in this country, rise 
to an altitude of 284 feet. In the tower is an excellent chime of bells, 
which send forth their music every day. The tower and spire are 
open to visiters daily, except on Sunday and during the morning and 
evening service which occur from nine to half-past nine in the morn- 
ing, and from three to half-past three in the afternoon. Visiters 
may ascend by the spiral stairway of 308 steps to the height of 250 
feet, whence a magnificent view of the city and surrounding scenery 
may be obtained. 



THE HALL OF RECORDS. 

This building is situated in the Park, a short distance northeast of 
the city-hall. It was built of coarse brown stone, and used as a 
city prison. During the prevalence of the cholera in 1832, it was 
converted into an hospital. Since that time the interior has been 
thoroughly remodelled, and made fireproof, the exterior stuccoed in 
imitation of marble, and a portico, supported by four Ionic pillars, 
added to each end, giving it a neat and graceful appearance. It 
now contains the county clerk's office, in which the records of the 
city are kept ; also, offices for the comptroller, surrogate, and street 
commissioner. 

This was the old provost-jail of New York, where the notorious 
Cunningham exercised his cruel authority over the American pris- 
oners captured at the battle of Long Island, Fort Washington, and 
elsewhere; and from its walls that young martyr, Captain Nathan 
Hale, was led out to execution on the gallows, which stood where 
Burton's Theatre now is, in Chambers street. 



THE CITY-HALL. 

The City-Hall may be regarded as one of the finest specimens of 
architectural beauty of any building in the city, and with the excep- 
tion of the Capitol at Washington, second to none in the country. 
It stands in the midst of a beautiful park of about ten acres, and 
shows to great advantage. It is 216 feet long, 105 broad, and 65 
feet high, and combines the Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite orders 
of architecture, rising in regular gradations. The front and ends, 
from the basement, are built of white marble from Stockbridge, 
Mass. ; the rear of freestone from N. Y. Rising from the centre of 
the roof is a cupola, overlooking a large part of the city, in which is 
stationed a sentinel whose business it is to give alarm in case of fire. 
On the top of this cupola is a figure of Justice. A little beneath is a 
four-dial clock, of superior workmanship, and is beautifully illumi- 
nated at night. By the side, in the rear, rises a tower, in which 




there is a massive bell, weighing 9,910 lbs., and which is rung only 
in case of fire. Its deep tones can be heard for several miles distant. 
This building contains a large number of rooms for various pur- 
poses. In the basement the Marine Court is held ; there is also the 
office of the chief of police, the sheriff's jury, <fec. On the first floor 
is the mayor's office, the county clerk's, city library, clerk of the 
common council, &c. Ascending by a winding flight of stairs to the 
second story, we find the governor's room, 52 by 20 feet. This is 



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NEW CITY-HALL COURT OF SESSIONS ROTUNDA. 19 

principally used for the reception of distinguished visiters. It is 
decorated with some of the finest portraits of some of our most hon- 
ored statesmen and chieftains. Here may be seen the writing-desk 
of "Washington, upon which he penned his first message to Congress. 
In the wings are the common council chambers for the aldermen and 
assistant-aldermen. The aldermen's is furnished with the chairs used 
by the first Congress, and the one occupied by the mayor is that 
in which the immortal Washington was inaugurated first president 
of the United States. The other rooms are used for various courts. 
This edifice was nine years in building, and cost $538,7 34. 
Open for visiters at all hours of the day. 



THE NEW CITY-HALL. 

The New City-Hall is situated on the north part of the park, on 
Chambers street. It is a plain, substantial two-story building, 260 
feet long, and 60 wide, and was formerly occupied as an almshouse. 
It has been remodelled, and some additions made to it, and is now 
used for a variety of public offices and court rooms. The United 
States supreme courts are held here. 

Some of the principal offices are those of the city inspector, the re- 
ceiver of taxes, collector of assessments, corporation and district at- 
torneys, <fec, <fec. 



COURT OF SESSIONS BUILDING. 

On the east side of the New City -Hall, stands a splendid fire-proof 
brown stone building, 105 feet long by 72 feet wide, three stories in 
height on the park, and four stories on Chambers street. It is oc- 
cupied by the court of sessions, clerk of sessions, recorder's office, 
city-judge, district-attorney, and register. 

At the northeast corner of the Park, another brown stone building 
has been erected, 70 feet long by 55 feet wide, which is occupied by 
Fire and Hose Companies on the first floor. The upper part is used 
for the Fourth and Sixth Ward Courts, and for other public pur- 



THE ROTUNDA. 

This edifice, of circular form, with a large dome, standing near 
the northeast corner of the Park, was erected in 1818, by John Van- 
derlyn, the eminent painter, for the purpose of exhibiting panoramic 
pictures. It is 54 feet in diameter, with a Doric front on the Park, 
and was neat and graceful in appearance when it stood alone. When 
Mr. Vanderlyn took up his residence in Europe, it was devoted to 
other purposes than that of art. It was occupied by the Marine 
court, then the city postoffice, and now it is devoted to the use of 
the Croton water department, and the governors of the almshouse. 



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HALLS OF JUSTICE AND CITY PRISON. 

These cover the block of ground bounded by Centre, Leonard, 
Elm, and Franklin streets — fronting on Centre. The main building 
is the only one in the Egyptian order of architecture in the city. ^ 
It is built of granite from the state of Maine, and is 253 by 200 
feet. It is in the form of a hollow square. The courtrooms are in w 
front, and the prison (called the Tombs) in the centre. The prison fjv 
is 142 feet long by 44 wide, and contains 173 cells for prisoners. 
There is also a wing from the main building, used, in part, as a ^ 
female-prison, under the superintendence of a matron. The other ta 



CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. 

part is for domestic purposes. In all, the prison is capable of accom- 
modating some three hundred prisoners. The police-court is daily 
in session, in the northeast corner of the main building. Here also 
is stationed, at all times, a strong posse of police, ready for duty. 

It is open for visiters daily, from 10 o'clock AM. to 3 P. M. The 
friends of prisoners are allowed to visit them daily. 



THE HOUSE OF REFUGE. 

The House of Refuge, or Home for Juvenile Delinquents, is situ- 
ated at the corner of Twenty-third street and First avenue. The 
buildings are surrounded by a high stone wall, enclosing between 
three and four acres. This institution was incorporated, by an act 
of the Legislature, on the twenty-ninth day of March, 1824, and was 
first located at Madison square, corner of Bloomingdale road and 
Twenty-third street About the year 1836, it was removed to its 
present location. In 1850, the corporation, deeming their present 
location in some respects objectionable, purchased about ten acres 
of land on the southern part of Ward's Island, where the institution 
is to be removed as soon as suitable buildings can be erected ; which 
will probably be about 1854. The object of the institution is the 
reclaiming of juvenile delinquents. The children are taught useful 
trades, and trained to habits of industry. A course of mental and 
religious instruction is pursued ; and the most perfect neatness and 
order pervade the entire establishment. About three hundred boys, 
and something less than one hundred grrls, are there under a course 
of discipline; and whenever good places can be obtained, they are, 
by a committee of the institution, apprenticed to persons applying 
for them. The children can be visited by their parents on the first 
Mondays of January, April, July, and October. They can be visited 
by citizens generally on Wednesday and Friday of each week. 



THE CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS OF NEW YORK. 

While the city of New York presents to the eye of a stranger vast 
marts of commerce, fleets of merchant-ships, magnificent public build- 
ings, palacelike dwellings, and gorgeous shops and streets, thronged 
with a gay, busy, and enterprising population, it can boast of some- 
thing far more attractive to the eye of humanity — far more suggest- 
ive of the true greatness of a people. We allude to its institutions, 
founded by the benevolent and humane, for the promotion of the 
temporal comfort of the unfortunate who, in God's* providence, suffer 
the ills of our common frailty. Throughout the great metropolis, 
where Mammon, vice, and folly, in the daily pursuits of life, are 
contending for the mastery, these beneficent institutions are scat- 
tered like green oases, in the midst of a desert of selfishness incident 
to the progress of a great city. They are like preachers of truth, 
daily asserting the divine principles of Christianity by their holy 



efforts in behalf of the " bruised reeds" of humanity. They illustrate 
in their practice the precepts of Jesus, especially that golden rule, 
" Do unto others as ye would that others should do unto you." 
They seek the lost ; they give parents _ to orphans ; they feed the 
hungry, clothe the naked, relieve the sick and distressed, and visit 
the prisoner in his cell. They pour light upon the gloom of the 
blind ; they give joy and gladness to the deaf and dumb ; they pour 
oil upon the stormy waves of disturbed reason, and help the feeble 
footsteps of the idiot traveller. They take the Magdalene from the 
road that " takes hold of the chambers of death," and place her feet 
in the highway of virtue and peace ; they say to the crushed criminal, 
made so perhaps by the oppressions of society, "Lift up your head, 
brother man ! for pity hath not quite forsaken you ;" and they say 
to the inebriate, wallowing in the pool of degradation, "Stand up, 
for thou art a brother." If " righteousness exalteth a nation," surely 
institutions like these may be imputed righteousness for a great city, 
and in the estimation of the wise and good are greater things where- 
of to boast than all the wealth and pomp and splendor with which 
the metropolis abounds. 



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LEAKE AND WATTS ORPHAN HOUSE. 

The Leake and Watts Orphan House was founded by a legacy of 
John George Leake, who died in this city, June 2, 1827: the name 
of Watts was added out of respect to John Watts, Esq., the executor 
of Mr. Leake, who withdrew, in favor of the institution, a claim 
which he held to a part of the estate. The house is situated between 
Ninth and Tenth avenues, on One hundred and eleventh and One 
hundred and twelfth streets, some seven miles from the city-hall. It 
contains a main building and two wings, the whole presenting a 
front of 206 feet. It was open for the admission of orphans in 1842. 
There are about 26 acres of land connected with this institution. 
The whole is unencumbered, and has an income capable of support- 
ing from 200 to 250 children. This institution, like the New York 
Orphan Asylum, is admirably conducted, and open to visiters. 

Bloomingdale stages leave the city -hall every half hour, and pass 
near the institution. Fare, 12£ cents. 



THE NEW YORK ORPHAN ASYLUM. 

This noble institution, designed for the care and culture of the 
tender plants of misfortune riven from the parent-stem by death, is 
delightfully situated on the brow of a gentle slope, on the banks of 
the Hudson, between Seventy-third and Seventy-fourth streets. 
The grounds cover an area of 15 acres, extending from the Bloom- 
ingdale road to the river. The building is of stone, in Gothic style, 
and is 120 feet in length, and 50 feet in width. Its exterior appear- 
ance is well represented in the engraving, which shows the river- 
front. This institution is the offspring of the " Society for the Relief 



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of Poor Widows with Small Children," which was organized in 1806 
by several benevolent ladies, among whom were Mrs. Isabella 
Graham, Mrs. Elizabeth Hamilton (the widow of General Alexander 
Hamilton), and Mrs. Joanna Bethune. It is supported by private 
bequests and annual subscriptions. These contributions are daily 
working out blessings of inestimable value. There, at the present 
time, are one hundred and sixty children, between the ages of two 
and twelve years, who have lost both father and mother, receiving 
wholesome food, blessed with good clothing, and fitted for future 
usefulness in life by a course of moral, physical, intellectual, and re- 



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THE LIONS OF NEW YOEK. 



ligious instruction. All the branches of a common English educa- 
tion are there taught ; and the religious instruction has no taint of 
sectarianism. 

Visiters are received daily, except on Sundays, and receive the 
strict attention of the obliging matron of the establishment The 
relatives of the orphans are received on Mondays. Stages leaving 
the city-hall will place passengers at the gate of this institution, for 
12| cents. 

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THE COLORED ORPHAN ASYLUM. 

An association was organized in 1836, for the benefit of colored 
orphans, and incorporated by an act of the legislature. The sum of 
$3,000 was soon collected ; and arrangements were made for com- 
mencing operations on a limited scale; but so great was the preju- 
dice against that portion of the destitute whom the society proposed 
to relieve, that suitable premises could not be procured. After a 
time, however, two lots of land, with a house, on Twelfth street, 
were purchased, for $9,000. In 1840, the manager reported the 
receipt of $13,000 as a building-fund ; and, two years after, the cor- 
poration of the city made the society a grant of 20 lots of ground on 
Fifth avenue, between Forty-third and Forty-fourth streets (next 
block above the receiving reservoir). On this location, they imme- 
diately erected their present Asylum. It is a substantial edifice, 
sufficiently large to accommodate two hundred children. It is not 
only a place of refuge for colored orphans ; but here they receive a 
course of instruction and training until they are of sufficient age, 
and suitable places are procured for them. The affairs of this insti- 
tution are conducted in a most praiseworthy manner. It is support- 
ed by appropriations from the city and state, together with private 
munificence. 

Open to visiters, Tuesdays and Fridays, from 9 A. M., to 4 P. M. 
Fifth avenue stages pass the Asylum. Fare, 6^ cents. 



THE DEAF AND DUMB ASYLUM. 

This Asylum is located corner of Fourth avenue and Fiftieth 
street. It was incorporated by an act of the legislature in 18J7, and 
commenced operations in 1818. The main building is 110 by 60 
feet, with two wings, and will accommodate 250 pupils. The Asy- 
lum is liberally sustained, receiving aid from the city, counties where 
pupils reside, the state, and individual contributors. The expense 
for each scholar is $130 per year, exclusive of clothing and travelling 
expenses. The system of instruction here is thorough and complete ; 
and some of the mechanical arts are brought to great perfection ; and 
each student has ample time for manual labors. 

The citizen and stranger will be well repaid by visiting this noble 
institution. 

Open for visiters from half-past one to four, P. M., daily. The 



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Harlem cars pass every hour. Fare, 12| cents. The Third avenue 
cars also pass Fiftieth street (one block east of the Asylum), every 
few minutes. Fare, 5 cents. The location of this institution will 
be changed in 1854, to near Fort Washington, on the Hudson river 
side of the city. 




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INSTITUTION FOR THE BLIND. 

The grounds occupy the whole block between Thirty-third and 
Thirty -fourth streets and Eighth and Ninth avenues. The buildings 
are large and imposing, being 175 feet long, with out-buildings for 
workshops, <fcc, <fcc. The cost was about $95,000, more than one 
half of which was raised by voluntary donations, the balance by ap- 
propriations from the state. The great object of this institution is 
the amelioration of the condition of the blind, by affording them the 



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means of education, and preparing them for some useful employ- 
ment, by which they may provide for their own wants. Able in- 
struction is given in all the branches of English education, together 
with vocal and instrumental music. Pupils are received between 
the ages of eight and twenty-five years. 

Appropriations are made by the state, by which a certain number 
of indigents are annually received. Before such are admitted they 
must furnish a certificate from the overseer of the poor in the town 
where the applicant resides, stating the fact of permanent blindness, 
good moral character, and the inability of their parents or guardians 
to support them in the institution. Such certificate must be en- 
dorsed by the secretary of state. The expense aside from clothing 
is about $130 per annum. Beneficiaries are allowed to remain five 
years, in some cases the terms are extended to seven. The work- 
shops furnish employment for adults, or those who have completed 
their course, paying by the piece for all work performed. 

Visiters are admitted on Tuesdays of each week. The Eighth and 
Ninth Avenue stages (fare, 6f cents), and. Eighth avenue railroad 
cars (fare 5 cents), pass the institution. 



HOME FOR THE FRIENDLESS. 

This useful and philanthropic institution was founded in 1834, by 
private, munificence. It is under the care of the American Female 
Guardian Society. Its object is to afford a place and means of pro- 
tection for destitute, respectable females without employment, 
friends, or home, and within the age and circumstances of tempta- 
tion ; also for friendless children of both sexes, until they can be 
committed permanently to the guardianship of foster-parents or 
worthy families, who will train them to respectability and useful- 
ness. This institution is located on East Thirtieth street, between 
Fourth and Madison avenues; and is open daily, Sundays excepted, 
from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. Fourth avenue stages, from the lower part 
of the city, pass the institution every five minutes, during the day; 
aud the Harlem Railroad cars carry passengers to Twenty-seventh 
street. Fare, by either conveyance, 6| cents. No visiters are ad- 
mitted on the sabbath, except by permission of the Board. Appli- 
cations for admission may be made at the Home, on Wednesdays 
and Saturdays, from 2 to 5 P. M. 

Strangers and citizens will be much gratified by paying a visit to 
the institution. 



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THE BLOOMINGDALE INSANE ASYLUM. 

Tms institution is located a little south of Manhattanville, between 
One hundred and fifteenth and One hundred and twentieth streets. 
The grounds connected with it, containing about 40 acres of land, 
are beautifully laid out, and ornamented with shrubbery and flow- 
ers ; and all is fitted up in a manner so as to render this a pleasant 




retreat for those unfortunate beings for whom the institution was 
designed. 

The principal building is 210 feet long and 60 wide, and three stories 
high. Attached to this are two wings, 40 by 60 feet each. Many 
of the inmates work about the premises, or amuse themselves as 
circumstances indicate. It was opened for the reception of patients in 
the year 1821 ; and thousands have participated in its benefits. 

In accordance with the Revised Statutes of tin's state, it is neces- 
sary, before a patient can be admitted into the Bloomingdale Asy- 
lum, that a lunacy-warrant from any two justices of the peace, or 
police magistrates, issued upon the evidence of two reputable physi- 



FERRIES RAILROAD DEPOTS. 

FERRIES. 




NAMES OF FERRIES. 


LOCATION. 


DESTINATION. 


FARE. 




Foot of Whitehall at. 

Do. 
Foot of Wall street.. 
Foot of Fulton street 
Peck Slip 


Hamilton av., Brooklyn.. 
Atlantic street, Brooklyn 
Montague st., Brooklyn.. 
Fulton street. Brooklyn.. 
S. 7th St., Williamsburgh 
Bridge street, Brooklyn.. 

Main street, Brooklyn 

Hudson avenue, Brooklyn 

Blackwell's Island 

Grand St., Williamsburgh 
Grand st., Williamsburgh 
Newtown Creek, L. I. ... 
Fulton st., Hallet's Cove, 


1 Ct. 

1 ,. 

2 cts. 

1 Ct. 

4 cts. 

2 „ 

2 „ 

3 „ 

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3 „ 
3 „ 

3 „ 

10 „ 

6 ,. 

3 „ 
3 „ 
3 „ 
3 „ 


South Ferry 

Wall, Street 




Roosevelt Street.. 


Foot of Roosevelt st. 
Foot of Catharine st. 
Foot Gouverneur st. 
Foot 61st street, E. R. 
Grand street, N. Y. .. 
Houston street, E. R. 
Foot of 23d st., E. R. 

Foot of 86th St., E. R. 
Fulton Market Slip.. 
Whitehall street 

Battery place 

Cortland street 

Barclay 6treet 

Canal street 

Christopher street. . . 


Jackson, Navy Yard 
Blackwell's Island 
Grand Street, E. R. 

Houston Street 

Calvary Cemetery 






Ravenswood V 

Hare's Landing .. ) 

Staten Island 

Port Richmond 

Jersey City 

Barclay Street 

Canal Street 

Christopher Street 




Vanderbilt's Landing 

Quarantine, Stapletoh . . . 

New Brighton 

Sailor's Snug Harbor 




Montgomery street, J. C. 









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RAILROAD DEPOTS. 

Albany and Intermediate Places, Chambers street, corner of Hudson street, 

Canal, comer West; and Thirty-tirst street, near Tenth avenue. 
Boston, via Fall River: steamboat (route, from pier No. 3, N. R. (Battery), to Fall 

River, where the railroad commences. 
Boston, via New Haven and Hartford : depot, 412 Broadway, near Canal ; and 

Twenty-sixth street and Fourth avenue. 
Boston, via New London and Norwich : steamboat from pier No. 18, N. R. (foot 

of Cortland st.) to Allyn's Point, between New London and Norwich : thence by 

railroad. 
Boston, via Stonington and Providence : steamboat route, from pier No. 2, N. R, 

(Battery), to Stonington ; thence by railroad. 
Buffalo", via Canandaigua and other railroads connecting the Erie and Central 

line ; depot, foot of Duane street. 
Charleston and New Orleans, via Philadelphia and Baltimore ; New Jersey 

Railroad office, foot of Liberty street, N. R. 
Easton, via Cortland street ferry to Jersey City. 
Erie (Buffalo and Dunkirk) ; depot, foot of Duane street. 

Greenfort, and All Places on Long Island Railroad ; South Ferry, Brook- 
lyn. 
Harlem ; depots, 4 Tryon row, east of city-hall, and Twenty-sixth street, corner 

of Fourth avenue, and for Albany, White, corner Elm. 
Newark ; foot of Cortland street. 
New Haven, Bridgeport, and Places on the New Haven, Hartford, Nau- 

gatuck, and Housatonic Railroads ; 412 Broadway, near Canal street. 
Philadelphia, via Newark and New Brunswick: passengers take the Ferry-boat 

to foot of Cortland and Liberty streets. Jersey City ; and thence by railroad. 
Philadelphia, via South Amboy and Camden : passengers take the steamer from 

pier No. 1, N. R. (Battery), to South Amboy, where the railroad commences. 
Wheeling. Pittsburg, Cincinnati, &c. ; New Jersey Railroad office, foot of 

Liberty street, N. R. 



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MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION. 

Among the thousand attractive places, the following are well worth a visit : — 

Novelty Works, the largest of' the kind in the country, foot of Twelfth street, 
East River, which, cover nearly five acres of ground, and employ eleven hundred 
men in manufacturing iron and brass in every description of machinery, such as 
engines for ocean steamers, hydraulic presses, &c. 

R. Hoe & Co.'s Machine Manufactory, coiner of Sheriff and Broome streets. 

Navy- Yard. Brooklyn, the most extensive naval depot in the United States ; with- 
in fhe yard is lo -ated the 

Brooklyn Dry Dock, a magnificent work, the foundation of which is 406 feet 
long by 120 feet wide. The weight of the iron folding gates is 150 tons; the 
pumps discharge 40.000 gallons per minute. Here is likewise located the 

United States Naval Lyceum, organized in 1835 by the officers of the navy 
and marine corps ; it contains a rare collection of curiosities, geological and min- 
eralogieal cabinets, which have been collected from almost every country in the 
world, by the naval officers, and presented to the institution. Here are deposited 
antiquities from the ruins of the temple of the sun, from Egypt, Herculaneum, and 
Rome. It is open free to visiters from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

Blackwell's Island, on which is situated the penitentiary, sufficiently to ac- 
commodate 900 prisoners ; the alms-house for the city poor ; the smallpox hos- 
pital and a spacious workhouse, open to visiters, Sundays excepted. Fare by 
Third avenue railroad to Sixty-first street, 5 cents ; from the foot of Sixty-first 
street a small boat is in readiness. 

Randall's Island, the nursery for pauper children, can be visited on the first 
Monday of each month. 

Ward's Island is used for an emigrant hospital, <fec, and is worthy of a visit. 
These islands are situated in the East River. 

Mis ion School, Five Points. 

Odd-Fellows Hall, corner of Centre and Grand streets, open every evening, 
except Sunday. 

City-Hall — view from the top. 

Stewart's Store, Broadway, near City -hall. 

Trinity Building, Broadway, near Wall. 

Customhouse — view from the top. 

Elysian Fields, Hoboken, opposite New York. 

Brooklyn Heights. 

Fort Hamilton ; fare in stage from Brooklyn ferry, 12£ cents. 

Coney Island, 12 miles Irom New York ; fare in stage from Brooklyn, 12£ cts. 

Rockaway, Lonir Island. 

Greenwood Cemetery. — The grounds of the cemetery contain 250 acres, the 
various avenues in the grounds (exclusive of paths) extending about fifteen miles. 
This is a favorite resort during the summer months ; fare, from Brooklyn, 6 cents. 

Cypress Hills, Evergreens, Oak Hill, Trinity Church, and Calvary 
Cemeteries are all within a short distance of the city and can easily be visited. 



THE NEW YORK PRESS. 

The New York Daily Tribune is now the largest and best-looking cheap daily 
in the world. It was first issued in 1841. Horace Greeley, who was originally sole 
publisher, was soon joined by Thomas M'Elrath. who has since directed the pub- 
lishing department, while Mr. Greeley remains chief editor, assisted by Charles A. 
Dana, Bayard Taylor, and others, who, with the foreman, pressman, bookkeeper, 
chief clerk, &c, are co-proprietors. The Tribune has been repeatedly enlarged, 
until it is now of the average size of the great London dailies, and like them each 
edition is issued in a 4to. form. Its price (daily) is 2 cents per copy, or $6 per annum; 
that of the semi-weekly, $3; the weekly, $2. The circulation of the daily is about 
22,000 copies; semi-weekly. 5,000; weekly, 60,000. The presses employed are of 
Hoe's latest model— the forms of type being cylindrical and revolving in a great cen- 
tral cylinder, around which revolve six smaller cylinders on which the paper is fed 
by s x men. These presses cost about $15,000 each, and one side of The Tribune 
has been worked on the fastest at the rate of 14,400 per hour, though the usual speed 
is not above 12,000. Visiters can see the presses in operation, on Wednesdays or 
Thursdays, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 8 p.m. 

There are 119 daily, weekly, monthly, or quarterly newspapers published in the 
city. The united daily circulation of four of the largest, is 154,000 copies; and of the 
weekly editions of the same, 92,000; of the circulation of the remaining 117, we are 
not informed. 



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